2015.02.26
Keio University's Faculty of Policy Management, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, and Graduate School of Media and Governance (hereinafter, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC)) and Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture, have concluded an agreement on partnership and cooperation to promote the collaboration of "knowledge," create new value, and advance community building as well as educational and research activities.
As a "Global Regeneration Model and Environmental Capital," Minamata City will establish the "Minamata Environmental Academy Organization" (tentative name), a network of industry, academia, government, and the private sector. This organization aims to contribute to solving global issues such as pollution by gathering, connecting, creating, and disseminating unprecedented new "knowledge."
Since fiscal year 2013, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) has been conducting fieldwork in Minamata City for the " Evidence-Based Approach (EBA) University Consortium for Solving Asia's Advancement Issues " program. In this program, students from ASEAN universities and Keio University gather in Minamata to consider future community development in harmony with the environment.
This partnership aims to make further contributions to the world by integrating the accumulation of "knowledge" from Minamata City's pioneering initiatives in local environmental issues and regeneration with the accumulation of world-leading "knowledge" from Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) across diverse fields that can be applied to the real world.
On February 23, a signing ceremony for the agreement was held at the Minamata City Hall in Kumamoto Prefecture, attended by Minamata City Mayor Hiroshi Nishida, City Council Chairman Suenaga Okawa, and Jun Murai, Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.
Posted by: General Affairs (Public Relations) Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office